Dozens killed in Nigeria college attack

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As many as 50 students are reported to have died after armed men stormed a college dormitory in Nigeria's northeast, shooting at them as they slept, according to the Nigerian military. Sunday's attack, believed to be carried out by the armed group Boko Haram, targeted the College of Agriculture in the town of Gujba in Yobe state, Lazarus Eli, the area military spokesman, said. Al Jazeera's Ahmed Idris reports from Abuja.